Low-digestible legume starch

Abstract

The invention relates to legume starches having a slowly digestible starch (SDS) content of 30 to 34% by weight, characterized in that they also have a very slowly digestible starch (vSDS) content of 34 to 40% by weight.

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         6 . A legume starch with a content of slowly digestible starch (SDS) comprised between 30 and 34% by weight, wherein it also has a content of very slowly digestible starch (vSDS), comprised between 34 and 40% by weight. 
     
     
         7 . The starch according to  claim 6 , wherein the legume starch is selected from the group of pea, bean, broad bean, field bean, lentil, alfalfa, clover and lupin starches, and is particularly pea starch. 
     
     
         8 . The starch according to  claim 6 , wherein it has a total slowly and very slowly digestible starch content of more than 64% by weight. 
     
     
         9 . A method for determining the vSDS content of a legume starch, this content being determined by measuring the glucose release by extending the ENGLYST digestion to its end, defined by the plateau reached at time 420 minutes. 
     
     
         10 . Use of a method for determining the vSDS content of a legume starch, this content being determined by measuring the glucose release by extending the ENGLYST digestion to its end, defined by the plateau reached at time 420 minutes, to obtain a starch according to  claim 6 .